tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11581400012102006752024-03-19T00:42:16.309-04:00Lances to Lasers - A gaming blogA place to discuss traditional board and roleplay games from Pendragon to Battletech and anything else that strikes my fancy.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-74485385824702208782013-12-05T21:08:00.001-05:002013-12-05T21:08:07.723-05:00Finally, Ogre is here<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqQx_OADz3BizG3opGUbK568MrVUbrRPQD48xeT243JhDlUWA-Z0gBiVN2K5LkZDpTfFsIgZJA_6QgSbnygeptJd6CbUP38NpfsSh3G7l6Kuj6A6AEpw_JhbhxHA51HbtRyadWoaYyVM/s1600/cover_med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqQx_OADz3BizG3opGUbK568MrVUbrRPQD48xeT243JhDlUWA-Z0gBiVN2K5LkZDpTfFsIgZJA_6QgSbnygeptJd6CbUP38NpfsSh3G7l6Kuj6A6AEpw_JhbhxHA51HbtRyadWoaYyVM/s1600/cover_med.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Well not here, but it will be tomorrow night (the wife is nice enough to pick it up while running errands). I was very excited when I heard about the kickstarter back in the winter of 2011/2012. I'm not a kickstarter supporter and decided to wait it out. I'm kind of glad I did, as it took almost 18 months from when it funded to when it shipped.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXo0lUSXBpq4pQg044r48QIOju_oHdnY06LmZPTpIi5NOHHviGR24Wfn495dzdWRlVm66Hao4uCJ-X_hJxlosyIXtCe0G8lDfW0MCYy6kmMF3t2FDfysJ5iTX2pRR2UZIOCwQ-mReXGg/s1600/220px-Ogreiii.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXo0lUSXBpq4pQg044r48QIOju_oHdnY06LmZPTpIi5NOHHviGR24Wfn495dzdWRlVm66Hao4uCJ-X_hJxlosyIXtCe0G8lDfW0MCYy6kmMF3t2FDfysJ5iTX2pRR2UZIOCwQ-mReXGg/s1600/220px-Ogreiii.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
I don't think I've ever seen a copy of Ogre outside of game magazines and I've been jonesing to try it forever. If I'm not too excited I might remember to take some pictures and have my first unboxing post.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDuQ6OnNXOOySP2GwdxyDA-e5Z1USibAFBghTVIaRrcl61EZAWzI2PphmwYqowWGBVPwdAMRWDvdzeUE0vSco4AScUFtI3RzN7mWjXtWcgj7EXC8AddXg-c-8PXBGMei2Lu2LLgfvt90/s1600/ogre2_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDuQ6OnNXOOySP2GwdxyDA-e5Z1USibAFBghTVIaRrcl61EZAWzI2PphmwYqowWGBVPwdAMRWDvdzeUE0vSco4AScUFtI3RzN7mWjXtWcgj7EXC8AddXg-c-8PXBGMei2Lu2LLgfvt90/s1600/ogre2_thumb.jpg" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-22738215810123633602013-04-13T20:22:00.001-04:002013-04-13T20:22:17.698-04:00SC4 - RHW T intersection - third time is the charm<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiP76XZCh2eHQWADz9ucH8EChWbhLGUxr8tRP7XS0H0az6emyU8xTOUG0RguUqJJQU0uMyTVoDO9YFcUiHAhQuJRalfEsoSjaOI12Nf_HXCbeDyzVjDARgmtMIaHxEk3j_fE0lJh1MA4/s1600/Devon-Mar.+19,+001365898488.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiP76XZCh2eHQWADz9ucH8EChWbhLGUxr8tRP7XS0H0az6emyU8xTOUG0RguUqJJQU0uMyTVoDO9YFcUiHAhQuJRalfEsoSjaOI12Nf_HXCbeDyzVjDARgmtMIaHxEk3j_fE0lJh1MA4/s400/Devon-Mar.+19,+001365898488.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
With a little help from the kind folks over at Simtropolis, it only took about 6 hours for me to figure out how to make this work and look good as well. The above picture is zoomed out a little to see the highway bridge that I was trying to link to. I probably used too many trees, but it reminds me of sections of the parkway between Baltimore and DC.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMioVdHvAOTCGqtlSpLWU2KASkZB781u5KRnCCAq9euBSsw_0UkGUezpio63gLtZTB-laN7oz6SUB7Q8fzqmvlXFBKcJMHnsRDWI_Bl-B0mVRi5z_Wp5F0OgFkXv2oHA5PHBihG253Vw/s1600/Devon-Mar.+19,+001365898515.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMioVdHvAOTCGqtlSpLWU2KASkZB781u5KRnCCAq9euBSsw_0UkGUezpio63gLtZTB-laN7oz6SUB7Q8fzqmvlXFBKcJMHnsRDWI_Bl-B0mVRi5z_Wp5F0OgFkXv2oHA5PHBihG253Vw/s400/Devon-Mar.+19,+001365898515.png" width="400" /></a></div>
aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-59724736626385201222013-04-13T09:46:00.002-04:002013-04-13T09:46:30.350-04:00Simcity 4 highway T intersection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Wfh9e25TLn6SkNCjeerHSXyzdi7_nbkQB15O2_56cCzdUc8BOZwPSuH7TegHpq8FI6kX996-EeLHtLm_BAVuw3cYKpF8YBusV_CVlw-Az4QGElSgKD69PPGL8h6BOLZgcO1VWfODxao/s1600/Devon-Jan.+11,+001365860424.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Wfh9e25TLn6SkNCjeerHSXyzdi7_nbkQB15O2_56cCzdUc8BOZwPSuH7TegHpq8FI6kX996-EeLHtLm_BAVuw3cYKpF8YBusV_CVlw-Az4QGElSgKD69PPGL8h6BOLZgcO1VWfODxao/s1600/Devon-Jan.+11,+001365860424.png" /></a></div>
<br />
Got a new copy of Simcity 4 during the holidays and a new computer shortly afterwards, so things like this have been eating up my time. Still gaming; started a new 4E campaign in February. Posting this here so I can post the picture on the Simtropolis forum for assistance with making a better T intersection.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-37583991727984579102013-02-09T13:43:00.000-05:002013-02-09T13:43:29.858-05:00MTU - Warp drive travel timesI was playing around with soloing a few merchants, having made characters, buying a ship and looking at speculative trade. I didn't have a subsector yet, so I was going through some of the OTU ones looking for a decent frontier area to use. Looking at the Reft sector maps, I realized that my Jump 1 Free Trader, which cost the crew 135KCr/month couldn't go anywhere.<br />
<br />
So I pulled out my handy dandy MgT Traveller rule book and started looking at the alternative rules for Warp Drives again. The nice thing about the Warp Drive is that there isn't a need for a massive amount of power (ie fuel) to make your jump. The jump rating, or in this case warp rating, is the distance in parsecs that the ship can travel in one week. The downside? The power plant's fuel consumption is doubled.<br />
<br />
Not wanting to lose too much from the setting by having ships able to move 1 parsec/day, I came up with this handy chart. Any warp above 5 is purely hypothetical.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 338px;" x:str="">
<colgroup><col span="13" style="mso-width-alt: 950; mso-width-source: userset; width: 20pt;" width="26"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 20pt;" width="26"></td>
<td style="width: 20pt;" width="26"></td>
<td style="width: 20pt;" width="26"></td>
<td class="xl24" colspan="10" style="text-align: center; width: 200pt;" width="260">Distance in Parsecs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">1</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">2</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">3</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl25" height="170" rowspan="10" style="height: 127.5pt;">Warp Speed</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">1</td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">2</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">3</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl26" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">5</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">6</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl26" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">8</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">3</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl28">x</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl28" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">9</td>
<td></td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">2</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">3</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl28" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl26">x</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl26" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;" x:num="">10</td>
<td class="xl27"> </td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">1</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">2</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">3</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">4</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">5</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">6</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">7</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">8</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">9</td>
<td class="xl26" x:num="">10</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><div>
The x-axis is distance (parsecs) and the y-axis is speed (warp factor) with the cross-referenced result equal to time in standard days. So for example, a ship with a W2 drive could travel 2 parsecs in 10 standard days or 1 parsec in 9 standard days. If you engage you warp drive and travel less than the maximum allowed, you still would proceed to use the fuel required.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I believe this won't wreck some of the base assumptions used in most Traveller universes, because it will still take 6 days for the fastest ship to travel 1 parsec. For MTU I will use a 10 day week, with 3 weeks per month, with 12 months per year, totaling 360 days or 36 weeks per standard year.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-6367249451379794432013-02-02T22:47:00.003-05:002013-02-02T22:47:59.417-05:001st 40k battle a success.I had my first 40k battle today and did very well for myself, I can say.<br />
<br />
I played an Imperial Guard unit and my opponent had a Space Marines unit, both at 1,250 points. This battle was to help familiarize me to the rules so I can be prepared for an upcoming tournament that one of my friends is hosting. Saying that he wanted to get 16 players, I offered to play if someone had an army to loan me and didn't mind a total n00b as a teammate (8 teams of 2).<br />
<br />
My unit consisted of:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>HQ unit with Col. Straken, 3 veterans with melta-guns and 1 medic</li>
<li>1 infantry platoon with:</li>
<ul>
<li>Command squad with a missile team</li>
<li>2 squads infantry with 3 plasmas (each) and a missile team (each) and krak grenades</li>
<li>1 special weapons squad of 6 with plasmas</li>
</ul>
<li>1 Ogryn squad with 2 additional troopers</li>
<li>1 veteran infantry squad with 3 plasmas</li>
<li>2 Leman Russ Exterminators with plasma cannon sponsoons</li>
</ul>
<div>
I won the dice roll and decided to place first, placing one Exterminator on each flank on the high ground. Col Straken and the Special Weapons squad starting on the left flank in a copse of trees under the Exterminator's watchful gaze. The rest of the infantry platoon started in the center in a fortified position. The Ogryns and the veterans starting on the right flank with the other Exterminator providing overwatch.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
My opponent started both of his APCs full of Space Marines on his right and the remainder of his forces occupied ruins and fortifications in the center, with his VTOL held in reserve.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
With my opponent unable to seize the intitative in the first turn, my forces proceeded to move offensively. I hadn't really planned it that way, but some idle chatter about how both of our forces were more defensive led me to take a chance. Advancing through the woods, Col. Straken and the Special squad made ready to lay defensive fire on any Space Marines that unloaded from their APCs. The infantry platoon stay in their position in the center and Ogryns and veterans moved forward to attempt to take the ruins on my right in the center of the board. Both Exterminators held their position.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The Exterminator on the left start the shooting phase with shots on the first APC. Both plasma cannons scattered with no affect, but the autocannon scored a penetrating hit and the APC exploded, killing a number of the squad it carried. The special weapons squad proceeded to pour fire onto the exposed squad and between the pinning and panic fled the field. The first round's success emboldened me even more and both of my flanks proceeded to charge straight ahead.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The next round saw another APC explode and my veteran squad, in the open, wiped out. My Ogryns continued to make their way to the ruins and the special squad continue to pour fire into the hapless marines. However, the plasma gun which was quite effective, was also unstable, with two exploding and killing their handlers.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Turn three saw both flanks advancing. By turn four, my Ogryns were assaulting the fortified position in the center and Col. Straken's command squad was assaulting the remaining marine passengers which tried to take cover in an cluster of buildings. Turn four also saw the VTOL finally arrive and then proceed to take out the Exterminator on the right flank. The VTOL proceeded to put a whipping on me the final two turns.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
We decided to call the 6th turn the final turn. With both of my Exterminators knocked out, the VTOL proceeded to take down Col. Straken, the only remaining member of the Command Squad. There was only one special squad member left, the rest dead to self-inflicted wounds. Half of the remaining infantry platoon was dead. However, my opponent was in worse shape with only one marine left with the CO locked in an assault against three Ogryns and of course the accursed VTOL.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
If we had bothered to set objectives, I probably would have held all three. I had first blood and had plenty of scoring units left. So by the 6th edition rules, even though my opponent had a slight advantage in point value of the remaining units, I probably would have won decisively.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I'm not sure if I'll get another chance to play before the tourney, but I'm pretty confident I should be able to hold my own without any additional practice.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-40634604378165724472012-10-08T12:54:00.000-04:002012-10-08T13:58:26.834-04:00New Traveller pbp character<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CoeeHEjEKzyM1IWP6eHQvnSmXqgWGAOzYUfmcq_EPlwHIu8-3O-1UA0eKK5gNkW-IdbS2QJY6FGBkCAhCdBFvDaQ2xZEWoWZ-RWbSBcC-G6pK2VeDAufgI4kiLUfcm47j-hNsGJ_X04/s1600/christian_bale_by_joruji-d27w2fy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CoeeHEjEKzyM1IWP6eHQvnSmXqgWGAOzYUfmcq_EPlwHIu8-3O-1UA0eKK5gNkW-IdbS2QJY6FGBkCAhCdBFvDaQ2xZEWoWZ-RWbSBcC-G6pK2VeDAufgI4kiLUfcm47j-hNsGJ_X04/s320/christian_bale_by_joruji-d27w2fy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KxQElrA5bzfCJk65Gif4c3RIv4E8dXKsViVhpIXC9l7ChuPritSMh8Mm_ZILtce6_pWdF6e58KDvzD0sh1CDtX5ZfoQg5qCWvlCEZhsA6YydNO9nDokcIgWiV5o39Da02lePxUJnva8/s1600/terminator-salvation-christian-bale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KxQElrA5bzfCJk65Gif4c3RIv4E8dXKsViVhpIXC9l7ChuPritSMh8Mm_ZILtce6_pWdF6e58KDvzD0sh1CDtX5ZfoQg5qCWvlCEZhsA6YydNO9nDokcIgWiV5o39Da02lePxUJnva8/s320/terminator-salvation-christian-bale.jpg" width="269" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="postbody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
Name: Ishmael Attilas<br />
Age: 30<br />
Appearance: Average height, average weight, fit not buff, close-cropped brown hair, brown eyes<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
Former Marine Corporal - Medic<br />
<br />
Homeworld: Curgi III [High Tech/High Pop]<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
<br />
Characteristics:<br />
Str: 9 (+1)<br />
Dex: 9 (+1)<br />
End: 7 (0)<br />
Int: 11 (+1)<br />
Edu: 11 (+1)<br />
Soc: 8 (0)<br />
<br />
<br />
Equipment:<br />
TL10 Cloth Armour<br />
TL8 Medikit<br />
Dagger<br />
Autopistol w/ 2 clips<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
Credits: 39,770<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Skills:<br />
Athletics[Endurance]: 0<br />
Battledress: 0<br />
Computer: 0<br />
Gun Combat[Slug Pistol]: 1<br />
Gun Combat[Slug Rifle]: 0<br />
Heavy Weapons[Launchers]: 0<br />
Medic: 3<br />
Melee[Blade]: 1<br />
Recon: 1<br />
Social Science[Economics]: 0<br />
Social Science[History]: 0<br />
Stealth: 0<br />
Streetwise: 0<br />
Survival: 1<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
History:<br />
Term 1 - Marines - Support<br />
Rank 0 - Marine<br />
Unit was detained/arrested for alleged illegal wartime activities during conflict; Ishmael wasn't charged but SOC was diminished due to belonging to the unit<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
Term 2 - Marines - Support<br />
Rank 0 - Marine<br />
Unit was tasked with garrisoning urban planet; Ishmael learned the importance of recon-ing an area<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
Term 3 - Marines - Support<br />
Rank 2 - Corporal<br />
Promoted to Lance Corporal and had SOC increase due to contact with non-Marine professionals.<br />
Passed advancement roll<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
<br />
<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-83947391761165448292012-05-18T22:47:00.001-04:002012-05-18T22:47:01.395-04:00Tabletop Forge for Google+ HangoutsPlayed around with <a href="http://tabletopforge.com/">Tabletop Forge</a> tonight with one of my face to face gamers, Brian. It is still in Beta but works pretty well. I use Chrome and everything seems to work fine but Brian was using Firefox on a wireless router and had some difficulties. I like the grid overlay and the ability to import maps and tokens. My only complaint is that the chat and die roller are in a separate window instead of along one of the sides.<br />
<br />
I'll play around with the macros next time I try it.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-52114693778669501662012-04-22T12:35:00.001-04:002012-04-22T12:35:50.163-04:00Mercenary map version 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhXodGeSD-WBod_grNuOBULdvEM2_ffZWkzDrJtcvCt9fleMEdubBe41JtZXg_ZWOSlcZHEDqpLIQ31dlvCUinlmzfKxl4Qqd0LKwFamOJyiwG_RDPLorpMH_RmVZ5ftHjNI5HxkV8Vs/s1600/Merc+campaign+map+v003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhXodGeSD-WBod_grNuOBULdvEM2_ffZWkzDrJtcvCt9fleMEdubBe41JtZXg_ZWOSlcZHEDqpLIQ31dlvCUinlmzfKxl4Qqd0LKwFamOJyiwG_RDPLorpMH_RmVZ5ftHjNI5HxkV8Vs/s640/Merc+campaign+map+v003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Progress on my map for my upcoming Traveller Mercenary campaign. This is a backwater area of the Thune Empire with a few of its semi-autonomous regions (comte'). Thune will be my equivalent of the 3rd Imperium and the Gashnr is dominated by non-humans. I don't know how much I want to develop the whole region as I really just want to focus on the mercenary aspect. I plan on different regions offering different weapons at differing tech levels and qualities as well as availability.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-15771000029450519692012-04-18T22:32:00.000-04:002012-04-18T22:32:10.419-04:00Test overview map for new Merc campaignI'm going to start putting together a Traveller mercenary campaign and here is my first draft of my area map.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbvzGm71J-oYqCIOYQj5Ud2hrpdIUeEpifCamzHf5_8XTLboDyICIvApTvKjNC_1Q44Z8q7N3qX7xq-gGGMZ5EE1ZLooD2dc_59mGUOXut5qSmkdNeEgDvrJEgzoHw21T8lw2SvYX3QE/s1600/Merc+campaign+map+v001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbvzGm71J-oYqCIOYQj5Ud2hrpdIUeEpifCamzHf5_8XTLboDyICIvApTvKjNC_1Q44Z8q7N3qX7xq-gGGMZ5EE1ZLooD2dc_59mGUOXut5qSmkdNeEgDvrJEgzoHw21T8lw2SvYX3QE/s640/Merc+campaign+map+v001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The sage area (which stretches off map as well) will be my version of the Imperium with all other colors except gold representing minor human polities. Areas without shading represent independent areas. The gold area represents another major race besides humans, but I haven't thought that out yet. It may be unimportant for actual gameplay, just fluff.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-14628507393036852152012-04-02T11:11:00.000-04:002012-04-02T11:11:14.148-04:00Immortals - The MovieThe wife and I rented Immortals over the weekend. The wife complained about the lack of plot, but I thought there was enough plot to make the story work. What I really liked about it was the hero's, Theseus, motivation to do what was right no matter what odds he faced or without regard to being cool. Now how do I get my players to adopt a motivation even a fraction of Theseus'?<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs92KorDXS3dyCacH16uXYtHjcdYRMQxSxd6staz25OPVrm0TjtDS0cYcAH5XDF8zCTD-zUhevLMBAeUSfyEvRC7eiOBJWNuxaMYHd6cNVgdaWH4nxL2s0WRO_Kwysvq6nsFK0suU85-c/s1600/Immortals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs92KorDXS3dyCacH16uXYtHjcdYRMQxSxd6staz25OPVrm0TjtDS0cYcAH5XDF8zCTD-zUhevLMBAeUSfyEvRC7eiOBJWNuxaMYHd6cNVgdaWH4nxL2s0WRO_Kwysvq6nsFK0suU85-c/s1600/Immortals.jpg" /></a></div>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-79129895947173329192012-03-25T21:03:00.001-04:002012-03-25T21:03:51.221-04:00Test Map<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmx4u93uaCsGqMmBXtAYzjj6iG1fmnDWAYMcfabPAqqiBCkOvH2rLWyIqe9vad2A5npprU7oo00p-qnVUTROMHHiGwKNpNVDadHenmSS0cduG5vJPYSYT7j-EsHiKZTSZC7XQUE6jBsrU/s1600/Antares+Sector.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmx4u93uaCsGqMmBXtAYzjj6iG1fmnDWAYMcfabPAqqiBCkOvH2rLWyIqe9vad2A5npprU7oo00p-qnVUTROMHHiGwKNpNVDadHenmSS0cduG5vJPYSYT7j-EsHiKZTSZC7XQUE6jBsrU/s640/Antares+Sector.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated. Does anyone know of a better software application than Powerpoint that is free to use?aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-32686082249216685572012-03-23T15:35:00.001-04:002012-03-23T15:35:15.239-04:00Testing Blogger Google+ link<i>This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities</i> <i>have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency.</i><i>If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed to tune to one of the broadcast stations in your area and prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse.</i>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-71186891338816008332012-03-22T20:09:00.000-04:002012-03-22T20:09:14.430-04:00Sir Jordans the Pious<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXlcyUYPx33cgpg7xJ2fnsjUyagtukOglbfpSomhyphenhyphenLMb-IkJMoX_JjnvSTE66T8jVvcA8bvG33TurzkHqisHT9wQuBdoY1VQLNLH6GwE92Z-hj4D0TMMU0fOHDPw3HeGP0SwZEpjOkkE/s1600/Sir+Jordans.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXlcyUYPx33cgpg7xJ2fnsjUyagtukOglbfpSomhyphenhyphenLMb-IkJMoX_JjnvSTE66T8jVvcA8bvG33TurzkHqisHT9wQuBdoY1VQLNLH6GwE92Z-hj4D0TMMU0fOHDPw3HeGP0SwZEpjOkkE/s200/Sir+Jordans.png" width="200" /></a></div>
Meet Sir Jordans the Pious, my entry in Mike's <a href="http://swordplusone.blogspot.com/2012/03/flailsnails-jousting-tournament.html">FlailSnails Jousting Tourney</a><br />
<br />
Sir Jordans, a landed vassal Knight, will travel to the tourney with his faithful, if not spoiled squire, Miles the Haughty.<br />
<br />
Sir Jordans coat of arms:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZW67PUGOCsQgpTru0E41WtG4uOpMuF1iQif6vQEU5LndIQ2zfqLtqd-Zj4kMf0gGJmHEQXG_evUEn5WmfKHfAv24tFdVUoxTfEVKsGSYq5-R_5wDiWYzp5YFTdQ5r50GFDjVozfFUBQ/s1600/Jordans+the+Pious+coat+of+arms.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZW67PUGOCsQgpTru0E41WtG4uOpMuF1iQif6vQEU5LndIQ2zfqLtqd-Zj4kMf0gGJmHEQXG_evUEn5WmfKHfAv24tFdVUoxTfEVKsGSYq5-R_5wDiWYzp5YFTdQ5r50GFDjVozfFUBQ/s400/Jordans+the+Pious+coat+of+arms.png" width="298" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-35034695358813072552012-03-12T14:14:00.000-04:002012-03-12T14:14:07.827-04:00Tabletop Forge for Google+I haven't done any gaming via Google+ yet, but I stumbled across an app someone is creating for Google+ that will add a battlemap and dice roller, among other things. It's called <a href="http://tabletopforge.com/">Tabletop Forge</a> and it looks pretty nice so far.<br />
<br />
I don't see anything on the site about whether there is going to be a price. Anyone know anything about that? I would like free, but probably wouldn't mind paying for a product I actually use (unlike Fantasy Grounds II, which became too cumbersome and had too may connection issues and was too pricey for new users).<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs_ExBMubjVN6w8D-Hs870g1R457yKZOQYulX7xTcgQAwkPjnFiWRLrtitosH4sSHeXYdfU8SBNXBjjRoaOnO4W6U34gPeCUkdJBYgOYEwzod9_FNq_QJ9Lhz4P3QH3LwPoPaJAFFNLs/s1600/Tabletopforgeapp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs_ExBMubjVN6w8D-Hs870g1R457yKZOQYulX7xTcgQAwkPjnFiWRLrtitosH4sSHeXYdfU8SBNXBjjRoaOnO4W6U34gPeCUkdJBYgOYEwzod9_FNq_QJ9Lhz4P3QH3LwPoPaJAFFNLs/s640/Tabletopforgeapp.png" width="640" /></a></div>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-6033453522803187152012-03-11T21:54:00.003-04:002012-03-11T21:54:56.879-04:00The Battletech Inner Sphere is a little bigger than I realizedI'm playing around with mapping out the Inner Sphere in <a href="http://www.hexographer.com/free_hexographer.shtml">Hexographer</a> and am starting to realize that it is much larger than I thought. I downloaded a database of Inner Sphere worlds with their coordinates from <a href="http://iscs.teamspam.net/">The Inner Sphere Cartographer Society</a> which lists a little over 2,100 settled worlds. And after an hour or so mapping my 51x51 hexmap, I've realized that I may have to rework my idea of limiting jumps to 10 light years.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-25142880254103282652012-03-11T12:10:00.000-04:002012-03-11T12:10:32.953-04:00Two new vehicles for MBTUActually just one new vehicle, but two variants. The first variant uses a standard engine and so far play tests well, even if I used an 8:5 battle value ratio for the new vehicles. Through 4 rounds of combat, the four hovercraft handled the Vindicator and Jenner well, scoring an engine hit on the Vindicator and slagging the Jenner's center torso armor completely off, with only a few hits scored against the hovercraft for minor motive hits. The hovercraft can move fast enough at a cruise speed to gain a +3 target modifier. It could be conceivable to get a +4 target modifier at cruise speed if terrain allowed it, and considering that the max modifier for flanking speed is +4 as well, flanking would only be necessary for closing on the enemy or putting distance between the enemy on itself.<br />
<br />
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout<br />
VALIDATED<br />
<br />
Type/Model: Saxinis M1<br />
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025<br />
Config: Hovercraft<br />
Rules: Level 1, Standard design<br />
<br />
Mass: 25 tons<br />
Power Plant: 120 Galas Micro-Fusion Fusion<br />
Cruise Speed: 108.0 km/h<br />
Maximum Speed: 162.0 km/h<br />
Armor Type: Riese-100 Standard<br />
Armament: <br />
1 BlazeFire Systems Large Laser<br />
1 Holly-4 SRM 4<br />
Manufacturer: Krupp Armaments Works<br />
Location: Storfors<br />
Communications System: Scarborough Talky-1<br />
Targeting & Tracking System: Wayne Marksman<br />
<br />
--------------------------------------------------------<br />
Type/Model: Saxinis M1<br />
Mass: 25 tons<br />
<br />
Equipment: Items Mass<br />
Int. Struct.: 12 pts Standard 0 2.50<br />
Engine: 120 Fusion 0 4.00<br />
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 2.00<br />
Cruise MP: 10<br />
Flank MP: 15<br />
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00<br />
Cockpit & Controls: 0 1.50<br />
Crew: 2 Members 0 .00<br />
Lift Equipment: 0 2.50<br />
Armor Factor: 72 pts Standard 0 4.50<br />
<br />
Internal Armor<br />
Structure Value<br />
Front: 3 26<br />
Left / Right Sides: 3 16/16<br />
Rear: 3 14<br />
<br />
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass<br />
--------------------------------------------------------<br />
1 Large Laser Front 8 1 5.00<br />
1 SRM 4 Front 0 25 2 3.00<br />
--------------------------------------------------------<br />
TOTALS: 8 3 25.00<br />
Items & Tons Left: 7 .00<br />
<br />
Calculated Factors:<br />
Total Cost: 783,000 C-Bills<br />
Battle Value 2: 607 (old BV = 450)<br />
Cost per BV: 1,289.95<br />
Weapon Value: 195 / 195 (Ratio = .32 / .32)<br />
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 11; MRDmg = 5; LRDmg = 0<br />
BattleForce2: MP: 10H, Armor/Structure: 0 / 3<br />
Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/-, Overheat: 0<br />
Class: GL; Point Value: 6<br />
<br />
<br />
<div>
The second variant has a lighter fusion plant allowing slightly greater speed and a little more armor, but the cost almost triples.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div>
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout</div>
<div>
VALIDATED</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Type/Model: Saxinis M2</div>
<div>
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3050</div>
<div>
Config: Hovercraft</div>
<div>
Rules: Level 2, Standard design</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Mass: 25 tons</div>
<div>
Power Plant: 145 Galas Micro-Fusion XL Fusion</div>
<div>
Cruise Speed: 118.8 km/h</div>
<div>
Maximum Speed: 183.6 km/h</div>
<div>
Armor Type: Riese-100 Standard</div>
<div>
Armament: </div>
<div>
1 BlazeFire Systems Large Laser </div>
<div>
1 Holly-4 SRM 4 </div>
<div>
Manufacturer: Krupp Armaments Works</div>
<div>
Location: Storfors</div>
<div>
Communications System: Scarborough Talky-1</div>
<div>
Targeting & Tracking System: Wayne Marksman</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
--------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>
Type/Model: Saxinis M2</div>
<div>
Mass: 25 tons</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Equipment: Items Mass</div>
<div>
Int. Struct.: 12 pts Standard 0 2.50</div>
<div>
Engine: 145 XL Fusion 2 3.33</div>
<div>
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 1.67</div>
<div>
Cruise MP: 11</div>
<div>
Flank MP: 17</div>
<div>
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00</div>
<div>
Cockpit & Controls: 0 1.50</div>
<div>
Crew: 2 Members 0 .00</div>
<div>
Lift Equipment: 0 2.50</div>
<div>
Armor Factor: 88 pts Standard 0 5.50</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Internal Armor</div>
<div>
Structure Value</div>
<div>
Front: 3 32 </div>
<div>
Left / Right Sides: 3 20/20 </div>
<div>
Rear: 3 16 </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass</div>
<div>
--------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>
1 Large Laser Front 8 1 5.00</div>
<div>
1 SRM 4 Front 0 25 2 3.00</div>
<div>
--------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>
TOTALS: 8 5 25.00</div>
<div>
Items & Tons Left: 5 .00</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Calculated Factors:</div>
<div>
Total Cost: 1,948,000 C-Bills</div>
<div>
Battle Value 2: 696 (old BV = 510)</div>
<div>
Cost per BV: 2,798.85</div>
<div>
Weapon Value: 235 / 235 (Ratio = .34 / .34)</div>
<div>
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 11; MRDmg = 5; LRDmg = 0</div>
<div>
BattleForce2: MP: 11H, Armor/Structure: 0 / 3</div>
<div>
Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/-, Overheat: 0</div>
<div>
Class: GL; Point Value: 7</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-64730210403088492832012-03-09T14:00:00.001-05:002012-03-09T14:00:24.844-05:00Further MBTU thoughts<ul>
<li>The Houses and their subdivisions will remain but at a much smaller scale</li>
<li>Jump drives are going to be limited to 3 parsecs</li>
<li>No instant communication; x-boats (Traveller) will be needed for interstellar communication</li>
<li>No sentient aliens; maybe evidence of precursor sentients?</li>
</ul>
I'm going to borrow freely from both Traveller and Battletech as I do this, keeping what I think works from a strategy/tactical game perspective.<br />
<br />
I found a data file for the Inner Sphere from the <a href="http://iscs.teamspam.net/">Inner Sphere Cartography Society</a> that I'm going to use to map out my starting area. I don't want to start from scratch, plus I want some continuity back to the OBTU.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-69344242383984236372012-03-08T11:45:00.000-05:002012-03-08T11:45:07.904-05:00Creating an alternate Battletech UniverseOf course I have no clue how to go about it. I've never been completely happy with the canon and over the last week or so, I've been thinking about finally going ahead and start fleshing out My Battletech Universe (MBTU). I've thought about it and have made a few assumptions, but every time I sit down to write it down I get distracted making vehicles of my own design or fiddling around with Gimp to make my own paper miniatures for play.<br />
<br />
So I'm going to jot down a few assumptions or concepts I want in MBTU so I have a place to review them and to see if anyone wants to give me some feedback on these or other general pointers on moving forward.<br />
<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>MBTU will have many more factions; think Europe during the mid-11th century</li>
<li>The technology is limited to Inner Sphere tech that is still in production in 3001; no left over tech from the Star League era</li>
<li>No instant communications (HPG) and therefore no ComStar (at least in the canon meaning)</li>
<li>There will be mercenary free companies, but no MRBC</li>
<li>Mechs and vehicles are expensive, so there won't be individuals that bring their own to their unit when the sign up</li>
<li>Most organized units should have a limited number of mech/vehicle types for logistic purposes</li>
</ul>
<div>
I'm thinking of using some of the Traveller rules to help flesh out a few polities to get an idea of their economic resources and build from the bottom up. This way I can setup a few scenarios to play without creating the entire BTU, and slowly fill in the details as I go.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br /><br />aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-39109009111874514522012-02-27T10:15:00.003-05:002012-02-27T10:15:44.803-05:00DM-ing can be frustratingSaturday's session was frustrating and instead of having to break up around 10pm for those players that needed to get home to their families, I ended up ending the session at 9:30.<br />
<br />
I don't want to point fingers at anyone individually so I'm not going to go into detail (in case they read this here blog). And I'm not entirely sure that its any of the players' fault.<br />
<br />
As I dwelt upon it, I've realised that when I last had a regular group that I DM'd for, it was back in 1992 and nearly everyone was military. And why is that important? Because everyone was used to being presented a scenario with basic assumptions and then were able to work together in accomplishing the tasks necessary to realize their goals.<br />
<br />
We still had odd-ball characters, inter-party strife, randomness, etc.; in other words, fun. But we didn't seem to get distracted by every little thing or have PC groups within the PC group.<br />
<br />
Does any of this make sense?aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-59069907896479148042012-02-19T09:46:00.000-05:002012-02-19T09:46:16.822-05:00Gender limitations on ability scoresMales and females are different in the real world. This is true for humans and all other animals. <br />
<br />
Since the 1E Player's Handbook doesn't differentiate between male and female except for <b>strength</b>, I really don't see the issue that has reared its head lately. As a matter of fact, the industry's insistence to be inclusive of females and their feelings/self-esteem was a big turn-off for me. Frankly I was shocked at the amount of gender mamby-pamby when I picked up the 3.0 AD&D core books and I lost interest in playing it anymore.<br />
<br />
So go ahead and call me what you will, but I will continue to treat females in my fantasy campaigns as females. Yes, there will be the occasionally exceptional female character, however I won't bend over backward to elevate females to help a player's self-esteem. <br />
<br />
<br />aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-771037443098869622012-02-03T12:22:00.000-05:002012-02-03T12:22:52.707-05:00Using Niven's Ringworld as a fantasy settingUsing Niven's Ringworld as a fantasy setting!<br />
<br />
Has anyone done this? Would it work? Psionics instead of magic. Plausible reasons for multiple sentient creatures. Massive amount of surface area.<br />
<br />
I think I may want to try doing this. Any pros or cons you would share?aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-87013800661583207742011-12-23T15:02:00.001-05:002011-12-23T15:12:52.550-05:00Traveller [Mongoose] Dynasty Walkthrough part IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6mBE4ArDrL4/TvTgrkMsyTI/AAAAAAAAAHI/UGqzPFui1wE/s1600/Knights_of_Saiph.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6mBE4ArDrL4/TvTgrkMsyTI/AAAAAAAAAHI/UGqzPFui1wE/s200/Knights_of_Saiph.png" width="193" /></a></div>
Commodore Winston J.D. Breckingsbridge<br />
Hero of kappa Marfik<br />
Savior of Saiph<br />
<br />
Commodore Breckingsbridge was responsible for extracting the remaining Confederation fleet from the Marfik Salient and delivering a major blow to the Imperial Fertod Navy in its attempt to capture the Confederation capitol on Saiph. The Imperial Fertod Navy was so utterly crippled that not only were hostilities with the Confederation ended, it could no longer enforce the Emperor's will. Within 5 years the Fertod Empire crumpled, breaking into numerous small polities.<br />
<br />
A product of the Saiph Naval College, Commodore Breckingsbridge attained flag rank on his merits and experience unlike many of his superiors within the Confederation Navy, whom attained their flag through political connections. Destined to never attain the rank of Admiral, the Commodore developed a cadre of like minded officers to operate his task force of fast cruisers. When the Imperials threatened to finalize the destruction of the ineptly led Confederation fleet that had be exposed in the salient around Marfik, Commodore Breckingsbridge coordinated the rearguard action that allowed the remnants of the fleet to escape to Saiph for its final stand against the Empire.<br />
<br />
The Confederation council promptly dismissed the remaining senior flag officers that held their positions on political connections and gave Breckingsbridge overall command. With little time to prepare for the final Imperial assault, Breckingsbridge and his staff devised a strategy of using privateers and support vessels as decoys and bait in an attempt to require the Imperial fleet to spread its fleet around to handle the potential threats. There were many heroes as Breckingsbridge's adhoc raiders were able to distract the Imperial fleet allowing the main Confederation fleet to defeat in detail the Imperials forces as they attempted to contain the Confederation to Saiph for the final assault.<br />
<br />
After the final battle in the outer zone of the Saiph system and the subsequent collapse of the Fertod Empire, the Confederation, always a fractious collection of self-interested polities, started to splinter into its original form of separate but associated planets. The remnants of the Confederation fleet flocked to Breckingsbridge and with the help of his command staff, they formed the dominant fleet in the region, the Knights of Saiph.<br />
<br />
The first 100 years of Knights' reign have seen the fleet continue to grow and spread its influence. With the breakup of the Fertod Empire and the Confederation, war is commonplace and it is big business. Things were going better than planned and the Knights continued to improve their abilities. When colonists from outside the region, the Knights assistance with the initial colony and protection from locals looking to take advantage of the fledgling colony led to a public relations dream, made even better when the colonists shared some of their newer technologies with the Knights.<br />
<br />
The Knights have over the years shown their political adroitness by avoiding being embroiled in the intrigues that continually hamper the region. Even when many government contracts were coming up empty, the Knights avoided potential losses to its coffers by remaining flexible and taking advantage of the many commercial contracts that became available.<br />
<br />
In recent years the Knights have made a concerted effort to recruit professional soldiers in an effort to bolster the dynasty's defenses. This has sapped some of the dynasty's available wealth, but the results with improved fleet capabilities and better security within its territory indicate the wealth was spent well.<br />
<br />
<br />aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-85878210418929099902011-12-23T12:57:00.001-05:002011-12-23T13:48:06.229-05:00Traveller [Mongoose] Dynasty Walkthrough part III<br />
Now that we have our initial derived statistics for our Dynasty, its time for us to make a few decisions for the improvement of our Dynasty.
First we get to chose three Characteristics we wish to improve and roll 2d6 plus said Characteristic's DM against each chosen Characteristic's current value. If we roll higher than the current value, the value is increased by 1; if a natural 2 or 12 is rolled, the value decreases by 1 or increases by 1 respectively. As indicated below, the Knights of Saiph failed all three of its rolls, but did not lose any values.
<br />
<br />
Next we have the option to deduct one point from a trait and apply it to another trait. You may do this equal to the Cleverness DM + 1. The Knights choose just to increase its Territorial Defence at the expense of its Fleet value.<br />
<br />
Aptitude training follows, allowing the player to attempt to train up to five skills. However, you do not recieve any Characteristic DMs to assist in this training. The die roll is modified by the current Aptitude (Skill value) with untrained skill providing a -2 DM. As with the Characteristic practice, the Knights failed to improve any Aptitudes.<br />
<br />
The final step before delving into the dynasty's early history is the calculation of its Values. These values represent the available resources for task resolution. If any of these values are reduced to 0 at the beginning of a generation phase, the dynasty has collapsed.<br />
<br />
<table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
<colgroup><col width="34*"></col>
<col width="23*"></col>
<col width="31*"></col>
<col width="30*"></col>
<col width="28*"></col>
<col width="30*"></col>
<col width="37*"></col>
<col width="43*"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td colspan="6" width="69%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Name: Knights of
Saiph</b></span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" width="31%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td colspan="6" width="69%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Archetype:
Military Charter</b></span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" width="31%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td colspan="6" width="69%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Power Base:
Starship/Flotilla</b></span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" width="31%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td colspan="6" width="69%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Management Asset:
Command Staff</b></span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" width="31%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Subtotals</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Characteristic</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">practice</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Trait</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Management</span></span></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aptitude Training</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Final Value adjustment</span></span></td>
<td width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Initial History
adjustments</span></span></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dynasty Starting
Characteristics, Traits, Aptitudes & Values</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Characteristics</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cleverness</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greed</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loyalty</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Militarism</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Popularity</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10 +1</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10 +1</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scheming</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tenacity</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tradition</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">13 +2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">13 +2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Traits</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Culture</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="4" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fiscal Defence</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="4" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fleet</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="9" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-1" width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-1</span></span></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="9" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Technology</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="5" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="6" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Territorial Defence</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="4" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aptitudes</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acquisition</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bureaucracy</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Conquest</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Economics</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Entertain</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Expression</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hostility</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Illicit</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Intel</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maintenance</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Politics</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Posturing</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Propaganda</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Public Relations</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recruit</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Research</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sabotage</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Security</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fail</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tactical</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tutelage</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Values</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="17%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Morale</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="16" width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></span></td>
<td width="14%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="16" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Populace</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="19" width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">19</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="18" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="13%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wealth</span></span></td>
<td width="9%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="12%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="16" width="12%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-1" width="14%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-1</span></span></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="15" width="17%"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
The Knights of Saiph decided to take 5 rolls on the history/background table. The choice of 3, 4 or 5 rolls must be made prior to any dice are rolled. I rolled the following:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>35 - War is commonplace and war is big business [-1 populace, +1 culture, +1 fiscal defence]</li>
<li>63 - Things couldn't go better [+1 acquisition]</li>
<li>34 - Historic event #8 - Colonists from distant place setting up a colony in dynasty's territory with dynasty's help - roll public relations [pass - +1 technology] </li>
<li>41 - Government contracts come up empty but commercial ones are booming - roll politics [pass]</li>
<li>51 - Professional soldiers being recruited to bolster defence [-1 wealth, +1 fleet, +1 territorial defence]</li>
</ul>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-53844190619303532132011-12-23T12:45:00.000-05:002011-12-23T12:45:20.409-05:00Traveller [Mongoose] Dynasty walkthrough part IINow that we have bought our initial Characteristics, we now move on to fleshing out the rest of its statistics.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
<colgroup><col width="48*"></col>
<col width="33*"></col>
<col width="37*"></col>
<col width="41*"></col>
<col width="49*"></col>
<col width="48*"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6" valign="TOP" width="100%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Name: Knights of
Saiph</b></span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="6" valign="TOP" width="100%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Archetype:
Military Charter</b></span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="6" valign="TOP" width="100%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Power Base:
Starship/Flotilla</b></span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="6" valign="TOP" width="100%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Management Asset:
Command Staff</b></span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Power Base</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Archetype</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Boons, Hinders &
1<sup>st</sup> Gen Bonuses</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Subtotals</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Characteristics</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cleverness</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greed</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loyalty</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Militarism</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Popularity</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10 +1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10 +1</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scheming</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-1" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11 +1</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tenacity</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tradition</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">13 +2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Traits</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Culture</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fiscal Defence</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fleet</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="5" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="9" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Technology</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="5" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Territorial Defence</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-2" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="4" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aptitudes</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acquisition</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bureaucracy</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Conquest</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Economics</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Entertain</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Expression</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hostility</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Illicit</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Intel</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maintenance</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Politics</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Posturing</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Propaganda</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Public Relations</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recruit</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Research</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sabotage</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Security</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tactical</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" width="14%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></span><br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="2" width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="3" width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tutelage</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">x</span></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Values</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Morale</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Populace</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="19%">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wealth</span></span><br />
</td>
<td width="13%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="14%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="16%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
<td width="19%">
<br />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Gentium Book Basic'; font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
The first column represents the Characteristics we purchased in the first step. The next column are the bonuses we received for having a power base of Starship/Flotilla. Since the Dynasty qualifies for the Military Charter Archetype, the next column contains the starting (unmodified) values for the Military Charter. The following column has the bonuses (both positive and negative) received due to boons, hinders and the first generation bonuses. The final column represents the almost starting values for the Dynasty.<br />
<br />
Two last steps remain: initial generation training and the history of the first 100 years. The first step allows the player to attempt to improve a few attributes through a combination of rolls and swapping. The final step of dynasty creation has the player rolling 3, 4 or 5 times (player's choice) on a archetype specific history table which provides good and bad results that help flavor the dynasty.aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158140001210200675.post-85435591943917194992011-12-23T12:17:00.000-05:002011-12-23T12:17:22.168-05:00Traveller [Mongoose] Dynasty Walkthrough part II recently picked up Mongoose Traveller Supplement 12 Dynasty <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/r/travdynasty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/r/travdynasty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
which was on sale (still on sale?) over at <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=97626&filters=0_0_10134_0_0">DriveThruRPG</a> for $14.99. Not quite a re-write of Pocket Empires, and quite a bit abstract, which gathering from a few reviews has put off a number players. I like the concept and have been playing around with creating my own dynasty.<br />
<br />
I going to document the creation of my first dynasty and in following entries, I'll document its progress over the generations.<br />
<br />
My first Dynasty will be a Military Charter, a dynasty which I plan will become a dominate force within its region and maybe create the foundations for an empire. I decided to use the build method as opposed to the standard (random) method because the standard kept leading to initial values less than 0 which technically indicate that the dynasty has failed. So I started backwards in the creation process and chose some of my build values first in order to determine my available pool for initial Characteristics.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
<colgroup><col width="90*"></col>
<col width="105*"></col>
<col width="33*"></col>
<col width="28*"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Initial Build Points [<b>BP</b>s]</td>
<td width="41%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="100" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
100</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Management Assets</td>
<td width="41%">Command Staff</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
0</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">1<sup>st</sup> Generation Bonuses</td>
<td width="41%">Noble Armada</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-12" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Dynasty Boons & Hinders</td>
<td width="41%">Gun Runner Gambles</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-5" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-5</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">War Hero</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="10" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
10</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Remainder</td>
<td width="41%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="93" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
93</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td width="11%"><br />
<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Characteristics</td>
<td width="41%">Cleverness</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-12" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Greed</td><td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-11" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-11</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Loyalty</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-12" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Militarism</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-13" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Popularity</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-10" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-10</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Scheming</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-11" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Tenacity</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-12" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td width="41%">Tradition</td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="-12" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
-12</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="35%">Remainder</td>
<td width="41%"><br />
<br /></td>
<td sdnum="1033;" sdval="0" width="13%"><div align="RIGHT">
0</div>
</td>
<td width="11%">BPs</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Cleverness represents the Dynasty's ability to understand and avoid problems before they can become too great for the Dynasty to handle.</li>
<li>Greed represents the Dynasty's ability (or need) for funds to maintain itself over the generations.</li>
<li>Loyalty represents the Dynasty's ability to keep it members as a cohesive force and protects against subversive threats to it populace.</li>
<li>Militarism represents the Dynasty's ability to wage conflict, both offensively and defensively and is an abstraction for its prowess, resources and willingness to use arms.</li>
<li>Popularity represents the Dynasty's position within the community.</li>
<li>Scheming represents the Dynasty's ability to plan both legal and illegal activities to further its goals.</li>
<li>Tenacity represents the Dynasty's ability to survive hardships and the transition of power between generations.</li>
<li>Tradition represents the Dynasty's ability to pass on the ideals, teachings and history to succeeding generations.</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<div>
</div>aka Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com2